The Singapore Free Press, 6 March 1953

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Latest Afternoon Sale m Malaya H.M3. Singapore. Kri. Mar. 6. 1»53. Price I*> ts.
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    STALIN IS DEAD
    552 1 STALIN IS DEAD JOSEPH STALIN died last night behind the 12 foot thick walls of Moscow's Kremlin. He dominated a third of the world's peoples as the most powerful dictator m history. The Prime Minister of the Soviet Union and the supreme chief of the Communist Party succumbed at 0.50
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    VISHINSKY FLIES HOME
    150 1 ur Andrei Vishinsky. Soviet Foreign Ministo vrllfiv home to Moscow from the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow. T he announcement followed a flurry of tJiSn activity m the Unttea Nations about fj£ same time as Moscow's latest bulletin was received m New York that Stalin was sinking
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    Ike: We will be on the watch
    220 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower said he could not say what 1 effect the death of Stalin would have on the western world's struggle with Communism. He described the United States attitude as one of "very definite watchfulness." i President Elsenhower expressed willingness to go half
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    MAN HUNT STILL ON
    30 1 hu *t for ?v? apore Police manJong p 0 nu c esc aped detainee, ?°4 P(2Sr k ir Kwon B alias Tit ui g* ong wosstiUon
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    Rubber price
    30 1 Singapore Rubber m****** opened this momins on an easier tone with first grade March shipment, at 75-* 4 cents a pound, 1. 3 8 cents below yesterday's close.
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    NO HALF MAST IN SINGAPORE
    91 1 NO HALF MAST IN SINGAPORE NO flags wili be flown at half-mast at Government buildings m Singapore on the deafcfl of the Soviet Premier Stalin, a Government spokesman said this morning. He explained that flags were only flown at half-mast when the head of a State who had died had
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    $86,000 to
    34 1 The Governor of Singagapore, Sir John Nicoll, has cabled the Lord Mayor of London notifying him that a cheque for 1 10,000 (about $86,000) was being remitted to his National Flood and
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    flood fund
    26 1 Tempest Distress Fund as a first donation raised by public subscription m SingaPOre. 4 1 Yesterday evenings total of the fund was I,9*<MM>. Reuter
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    U.S. SAYS 'SORRY'
    27 1 Eisenhower has instructed that "official condolences" be sent by the United States Government to the Russian Government on the death of Premier Josef Stalin
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      45 1 CHARITY SOCCER MATCH m aid of the flood victims m ENGLAND. HOLLAND m BELGIUM Combined Europeans versus S. A. F. A. (Select) at the Jalan Besar Stadium TOMORROW AT 5 p. m, Admission:- $2/- $1/- $0.50 Space kindly donated by Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
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    SHE SAYS: 'I can cook and sew too'
    114 2 SHE SAYS: 'I can cook and sew too' ANEW picture of Dawleth Saliman. the Egyptian bcßy dancer who i$ showing her curves at the Bongo Bar m Munich. Recently she told the Germans she wanted to marry an American soldier because her own country had deIffrtd h«r of her nationality.
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    Ex-envoys view the future
    582 2 Ex-envoys view the future rnwo men who know Russia well— f ormer British and American Am- 1 bassadors m Moscow predict that a triumvirate of top Communists will rule Both Sir Daxld Kelly, British envoy from 1941, and Mr. William Bullitt, America's first Ambassador to the Soviet believe these men
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    DISASTER – IF DRAFT IS CUT
    302 2 DISASTER IF DRAFT IS CUT Churchill warns Britain man Churchill the Prime Minister, -..id >esterday it would be a disaster* tfcefc, M order W Britain were to cut her two-year term of conscription "at thtartg live crave but not unhopeful, moment." but He S« d«->«»te »n urn House Of Commons
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    Red pilot flees with Russian MIG
    105 2 Red pilot flees with Russian MIG AIM) 1. 1 SII Air Force lieutenant, fed up with life m his Bed homeland, crashed through the Iron Curtain at near-sonic speed yesterday m the first Russian RUG-IS jet fighter ever to fall undamaged into the hands of Western experts. Within hours after
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    'SCIENTIST' ACQUITTED
    45 2 Dr. Joseph Weinberg, once called m a Cxgressional investigation of ator. spying, was yesterday acquitie; m Washington of a charge ci perjury. He had bet n accused of lyfc? when he denied to a Congit committee that he had been Communist party member.
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      88 2 AUCTION SALE Of PERSIAN, BOKHARA, INDIAN PAKISTAN CARPETS RUGS In Various Sizes, Colours, etc. m our Saleroom, NO. 10 CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE, on SATURDAY, 7th March, 1953 from 2.30-5.30 pm SUNDAY, Bth March, 1953 from 10.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. and from 2.30—5.30 p.m. NOW OX VIEW CATALOGUE I^CED. CHEONG KOON SENG
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    GIRLS AND BOYS WILL MIX IN THIS SCHOOL
    181 3  -  JOSEPH YEO By A CHINESE co-education school is to be built m Telok a Ayer Street, Singapore, for the Hokkien Huay Kuan. Plans for a $1,500,000 six-storey building have been approved by the Education and Health departments. I Mr. Ng Keng Siang,
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    H.K. BAN STAYS
    54 3 The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Alexander Grantham told the Legislative Council yeterday that Hong Kong is bound to maintain restrictions on the import and export of strategic materials to Red Chins, because of the Colony's association with the United Nations and because it is a member
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    POP. UP 40,008
    24 3 THE population of Singapore Island increased by 40,00? m 1952. The figure at th e end 01 December was 1 099,381.
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    WARSHIP TO WATCH JAPS
    71 3 Th c Navy Minister, Mr. Wil"am McMahon, told reporters m umberra yesterday that AustSrSi stationi "g a well armed Patrol vessel at Darwin. reitn c misteri nister declin ed to give X the d cision but {t wilf J?*? 11 acee P te <* the vessel
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    CEYLON'S TRADE
    35 3 fe'L^ 76 a R«. 5.000.--balancenfalancenf' 0( l 0) f avour able munist rh- rado with Com Quarter 0 ?iR a lor the to inform' thls yea r. according given to the r ,™j
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    Ambulance bell's toll
    32 3 ;Xt l of 3 2 59 we I 1 r °ads l™] ured on Singapore isio morAT' T s hiS ure Ther* re than Were 13 4 accidents MM
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    5,000 taximen are in revolt
    276 3  -  G. T. BOON ms.ooo to imm s.xoopi.xt; sin ins By ||W M.RS of Singapore s ro (J tax-* m EH* i_3E •biect te plain-clothes sleuths employed to catch driven allegedly cruising m Jhe city Anion jj themselves, they are raising about $15,000 to light a
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    Playground on roof
    23 3 An architect's drawing of the p roposed co-educational school lor the Hokkien Huay Kuan i n Telok Ayer Street, Singapore.
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    SHOW UP WILL BE SHOWDOWN
    84 3 MR. B. C. J. BUCKERIDGE, Registar of Vehicle*, Singapore, has invited taxi drivers and owners to attend a two-day "exhibition" starting tomorrow at the Vehicles' Office from 2 pm. to 7 p.m. The purpose is to show how cruising taxis have affected the one-way traffic
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    THEY PROBE CRASH
    40 3 Group captain John Cunningham, wartime flying ace now the De Havilland Company's chief test pilot, arrived In Karachi yesterday with other company officials to investigate the Canadian Pacific Airlines Comet crash which killed 11 people on Tuesday.
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    'Trespass' Thrills
    270 3 y^pmw^^^Bß^^^H^^^^Bwy^^^^Bi TRE.SIW. Williams 1 last night, ransacks t iclts to Its effects. Obvio it all be but it does thrill and an tiong Stage < ca-st very eflectively the chill, supernatural ati into the h The ca.stle Is owned by a countess who has just lost her second
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    Thrice —Wed
    385 4 HIS PRIVATE LIFE STALIN'S personal life was known to few and received little publicity: Journalists are not encouraged to write about such private matters m the Soviet Union. But it is known that he was married three times. His first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze, a sister of one of
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    Stalin, the 'Man of Steel'
    848 4 Stalin, the 'Man of Steel' Lenin thought him 'too rude' LXJK more than a quarter of a century Stalin ("Man of had ruled over the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with a ruthless hand. But he 1 1! from World War II; according to those who met him after it,
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    'I KNEW STALIN....
    159 4 'I KNEW STALIN.... /X)MMENTB iW i V_ lho6e eluded: Lt. Qca w tlt iS?" us ams*L>* Moscow BUllnhsW_* »ng personality chooses to assert it 7£ be "very rude when! J{* Franklin D. lUe___P*' Stahn was the r3T\_ J very much like hi£S Sir SUfTord SELgreatest realist ever bc^* Wendell Willkte
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    SCEPTICS SAY: ITS A FARCE
    186 5 SCEPTICS SAY: ITS A FARCE rr^.jmmmmmwm^m^m^mm^^m^ rre Mali l«|>ort F mvr. Bal.ru i' T' .Prd.v ridiculed tl.. hut a comic farce in Thr" -mm: mUJkmm ,T l the amount of Sitv. or peace of mind 2?*W give us dur.ng ((lie week of thc.r existence, they "c «"m--nlrte fop- P Hh«cnii.-al
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    Death duty windfall for Govt.
    144 5 Death duty windfall for Govt. A REVENUE of $4,600,000 was collected by the Singapore Government from death duty last year. This is a record— more than four times the average collected pre-war. Mr. W. G. Alcock, Commissioner for Estate Duties, told the Free Press: "The rubber and land booms were
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    But Teo disagrees: His reasons
    310 5 orised to call on residents. But if they abuse their power, or make an unnecessary nuisance of themselves, householders should report them to the leader. After reporting for patrol duty, the vigilantes are not checked again to see if they are on active duty. But
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    Square dance competition
    57 5 A Singapore American woman, 11 Mrs. Ruthanne Nadler. is organising the Colony's first square tiance competition at «aines Hotel on Mar. 16. The competition is open to wi square and folk-dance groups duals 6 Colony and also todiviJ rl K zes are being offered for the best
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    BANK DIVIDEND AND BONUS
    59 5 At a meeting of stockholders on April 1, the directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China will recommend a final dividend of seven per cent subject to income tax making 14 per cent for 1952. They will also recommend a special centenary dividend
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    'PLAN SCHOLARS'
    32 5 Seven students from the Federation, who have been awarded Australian scholarships, under the Colombo Plan to train as science teachers m Queensland will leave Singapore on March, 9. by Skymastef.
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    GRAY WEDS
    30 5 Mr. W. N. Gray, former Commissioner of Police m the Federation was married In Brompton Oratory last Monday to Lady Backhouse, widow of Sir John Backhouse, R. A.
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    TRUANT RETURNS —The Bishop will be happy
    193 5 TRUANT RETURNS —The Bishop will be happy \y«EN the Bishop of Singapore the Rt. Rev. H. W. six ames boar ded the Chusan last week for Britain on Re!!!n!? th r?' leav e. n e was a worried man. ''Mar^;.^ pet Siamese cat, Marshal who had been placKomL, c are
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    ON HOLIDAY
    22 5 Mr. T. Kulasekaram, Magistrate, Singapore, has left for Ceylon on a short holiday. He is expected back m two months.
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    Untitled
    21 5 Mr Justice Knight, judge, Singapore High Court, will leave for Britain on long leave on tae S.S. Canton on March 19.
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    Civil Defence plan show
    59 5 ONE HUNDRED and fifty Government officials and heads of Singapore hive been invited by the commrcial firms m Miigapore v t w itnes s a Civil Defence OwMNM C* U. ™£*fc J^ Despecial demonstration of defence work on way fence H.Q. m Kolam De f e
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    HUSBAND BEATS UP GUNMAN
    371 6 dgdfgd gdfg FOR two hours Mrs. Ethel Hooke. of Wembley, lay h mdt ufTed gaggti, •»"<* tied to a bed while a raider threatened her with t «un and ransacked her house Then her hushand, hurlv 6ft. 6in. Mr. Harold Hooke. returned. He fought the raider
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    SIX KILLED BY MAU MEN
    37 6 A Mau Mau gang raided a police post north of Nanyuki Kenya. They murdered four African police constables and the wives of two of them. The station was burned to the ground.
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    MERRY TAKES A REST
    35 6 NOT SO LONG ago Merry Anders was just another filmstruck uirl who pursued tier favourite stars for their autographs. Now she's m films herself, under contracts to 20th Century- Fox studios
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    So it's O.K. for sound
    76 6 AN "mil Willi telephone specially designed for bi^ r stores will be on show at the British Industries Fair at Olympia m April. It is so sensitive that a whispered inquiry by a shopgirl about a customer's credit can be picked up m the accountant's
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    Gold chain made old lag's mouth water
    132 6 Gold chain made old lag's mouth water THE Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alder, .ink Burnley, to St. Ann's Lod(.t old People's Hostel, Lecd.s the other day wearing his gold chain of office to wish Mr. Robert Wooldridge many happy returns on his 100 th birthday. But after he left Mr.
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    DEAF GIRLS' CURLS WERE SNIPPED OFF
    138 6 DEAF GIRLS' CURLS WERE SNIPPED OFF THi a rent, of tee t_,__ 1 it I*)iuddion?__* 'uimoned to th?_!^ b > rui b^Z 1 girls would not iubn_\* regulation '•«r22L___! haircut. 4C The girls had just irom holiday, many 75f home pWa?dt told the matron they J* rather be "strapped" f^
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    Beer swindle grew out of war
    215 6 IT was ten years ago, during the war, when the pubs were packed and you had to scramble to get a pint, that some employees of the Star Brewery Company, at Eastbourne. Sussex, began their beer swindle. They had three methods, said Mr. S.J.
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      134 6 BETTER r\ AND J^Q 2\ CHEAPER 1 REPAIRS Old Price New Price J J Gent's Half Soles $4.70 $3.90 I Gent's Full Soles and Heels. Leather or Rubber 7.50 6.90 M Gent's Heels, Leather B or Rubber 1.70 1.50 Ladies' Boys' Half Soles 3.50 3.20 Ladies' Boys' Full Soles and
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    Something odd about that 3d. bit
    59 7 Something odd about that 3d. bit mill i;i:K.HTOS lookt-.l twice at tbf .....pi" ThrM shr lo *> krd rfc**' "it h»d 11 sides instead of I! is* I* l hern told it is «orth over VI4O. she A** „i„ i» bflieved to be .t -pittern T*f r i fn of
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    Dogs delay trains
    65 7 Dogs delay trains TWAINS between Edgware Road and Baker Street on the London Metropolitan Line were held up for 11 minutes last night when a small mongrel dog chased a brown chow into the tunnel. The dogs ran ahead of a train, which followed them slowly. At Baker Street the
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    QUICK HOMES OFF ASSEMBLY LINE
    156 7 VTASS production methods which brought the car to the ordinary man could be applied to the building industry to increase production and reduce costs, says a British Government committee, headed by Sir Donald Bailey, inventor of the Bailey Bridge. Reporting on the efficiency of house
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    DEATH IN REVERSE
    37 7 Bus conductor William Perrot *as killed at Rochford. Essex, yesterday when, helping his ?l er to remse he was crushed between the bus and a telegraph pole. Perrot. aged 21, lived at Byron-avenue, Southend.
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    BOAT GRANTS UP
    26 7 dJ?JL B P tlsn G °vernment has »Vh >u° incre^ grants toS2f- he cost of buil ding new vessels and engirds, it yesterday.
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    TWO CZECHS ARE ARRESTED
    44 7 Two leading members of the Czechoslovak Federation ol Anti-Fascist Fighters, have been arrested m Prague. They are Frantisek Eaban, purged for "opportunism and Zionism"; and Dr. Atnon Rasla, alleged collaborator of the "traitor," Redrich Rejcin. the former Deputy Defence Minis-
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    Brando will quit films
    120 7 U ARLON Brando, the film 1»1 star, said m Hollywood yesterday that he will quit films after making "Pal Joey" In the autumn. And next year he will take "an extended trip" around the world. "After that," he said. "I shall confine my acting to the
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    STEEL MILLS GET OLD TRAM RAILS
    54 7 London's unwanted tram rails are being torn up for th e steel industry's scrap drive. About 10,000 tons have already gone to steelworks, and it is expected That another 30,000 to 40.000 tons will be delivered this year A further 20,000 tons will be
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    WATCH CLUE TO MAN
    57 7 A solid silver watch inscribed L M D B may help police to iind the identity of a man aged about 50 who was found dead yesterday beside the railway line at Marks Tey, near Coichester, Essex. Another clue Is a small ba? of striped twill
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    Music as the Reds fish
    57 7 RUSSIAN fishermen who have returned to 'Mtered an choragesin the North Shet lands, tune m to the 8.8.C.s "Music While You Wo r k" programme every day Their entertainment yesterday, blared from power ;u radio set, m 18 boats: Martial *}^W $J rd f" ,S
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    'THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE'
    58 7 'THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE' pLORIAGor- don, 15--year old movie starlet who makes her film debut m the 20th Century Fox technicolor ari musical, "The Farmer Takes A Wife," works the siren on a studio fire truck as workers on the lot go through a civil defence air-raid drill. Gloria
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    Boy aged 15 gaoled for five years
    236 7 Boy aged 15 gaoled for five years 1 00 CRIMES SINCE HE WAS 1 0 FIFTEFN-YFAR-OLD boy was sent to prison for five years yesterday. Since 1948 he has committed more than 100 crimes. Six-foot tall Alan Macey, fair-haired and broadshouldered, sat unmoved m the dock at West Kent Sessions
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    'Do as you please head' to wed widow
    93 7 'Do as you please head' to wed widow MR. Robert Martin Coppin,?, 33, former headmaster of the "do-as-you-like" school at Horsley Hall, Staffordshire, has given notice of his Intention to marry Mrs. Valeric Copping, 31, formerly known as Irene Valeric Crawford, a widow. They both live In Belsizepark, Hampstead, London,
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    THE BRAVE KING PARTS
    195 8 Hong Kong troupe delight Singapore dynasty, HSIANC haveh*^ ™hseek„ impute The hr, ness and I* defensive. Mountains l His me« and his ko* rather that Hsiamj Vii its master J Phd BACKSTAGE THE WARRIORS are ready for Hicir cue. Costumes and facial makeup arc most intricate.
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  • Free Press RACE FORM Special
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      Masthead
      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday. March 6, 1953.
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      PUNTER'S PARADISE
      591 1  -  TRESP ASSER ft PENANG —where they are seldom WRONG P^nown as the "PUN TEBS PARADISE. At recent meetings at Bukit Cantons racecourse Z lters had a few shocks, vu U t these did nothing to h ke the popular belief hat the bettins public of the Settlement is
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      THE STORY OF PADEK
      269 1 The boy who was brought up amongst horses THE TRAGIC death of MOHAMED bin PADEK as the result of an accident on Saturday, when riding in the February Cup at Singapore, has removed one of the most promising Malay jockeys ever to ride on the Malayan
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      MALAYAN RECORDS v. WORLD'S BEST
      257 1 nArrS. racin S. correspondent MAUNG is perhaps the only lh\oS° n m the wor ld m univil f, ecord time s are not universally recognised. ennui cx T lanation fe simple IZrB- Hardly any two race 1 i? Sa F iden tical, especially m England.
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      He backed the horse that had ALREADY WON...
      356 1  - He backed the horse that had ALREADY WON... JACK BEAUMONT By ONOWY WHITE was tho local bookmaker but he was not in business in a big way. The boys could wander into his office oiT Shepherds' Bush green and have bet for cash on the nail and get paid after
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      Penang Race Form Guide
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        44 6 #;^-^CORONA L. E. TELS COS TRADINC SOCIETY Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang. Kuching. Wn sale TODA I the m:w mi amo WEEKLY PRICE JO cents Obtainable at all Newsagents /a_vf^^-BB_BB_[ ■JbV _^^***M V SPARE PARTS 7 8^ «»M7 If-f VIS. WEARNE BROTHERS LTD. Federation Representatives
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        36 7 &W'""" i^aßß==S B^^v. __fe=B^ .3B— B_*aV^l or ce t '*o pleasure and satisfaction CHURCHMAN'S No.l lv u »a»ble m tins of 50 or 25 and In packets. «f 10.. Singapore: $2.10 for 50 $1.05 for 25
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        98 7 ROBMSfiAttOK A mtfNCK! I B] -y "XT jA\\ W^M\. V.--^ iii MPm* H *~Mf' m»-«— *^y.n Bl^b Baas JULES ROBIN COGNAC vsop Sole Agents CEO. WEHRY fir CO. (M) LTD. SINCAPORE K. LUMPUR PENANC Arcliiiiieclcs <•* Low Revolution Outboard motors jp<y „<* For professional heavy-duty use ALL PAPTS IN CONTACT
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      Bridge Hand
      279 10 aersfcls t>id»i«ng South We»i N ■o' i'»» \y Übl. All pass m JJOW WELL and how fsr able to look ahead v one of I of how good a bridge you are. South lost so irt_L_ m today's deal beca*)* see furihc than hit an Immediate wi&hsft. ened
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      CHILDREN GASSED
      33 10 Mrs. Thelma Juster, 27 *m her two daughters, Glenu. aged nine, and Stephanie four. were found dead m a gas-ftW room at their home at J Cross way. Portchester, nea. Portsmouth.
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        349 10 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis a_raßßJHßa_Bß_i I I r~c7 r -"«wwM^a_^/ j TARZAN kv Edgar Rice Burroughs ■HI ■•jJST A /VMNUTE/ SAIP Tns CAPTAIN A5 THEY I C^ F I ENTEZEP T*B JAIL. WANT YOU T C SEE _B_r\_l I *WL BB_B__- "_B_I t kl_rT7~<«3Sßßß_-BBBBBBBBBBBBB_B-9(BB_B-B >
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      REVENGE
      1853 11 RE VENGE nine long and bitter years he had languished orison waiting for the day when he would be free again free to take A short story by Maurice Taggart ,rHE guard d \tx a moment outside h il then moved on. *< measured footstrps down the long. *?Xn! corridor.
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      BUCKLEY
      15 11 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IT S THEM IOTH, BUT A WOMiN NIVtK TELLS HtR COMCT AGEI
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      Traffic courts for schools
      210 12  -  ROGIR YUE Plan to instil road safety sense m children OFFENCES MA i BE 'TRIED 9 By NOTIAI m \)i :i Bil ithoriund the Education :.)urtmont for 1 1 niof "traffic courts" m English Si nt from the p pupils of rls' school I >or- derly
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      Aircrews to be based in East
      105 12 ¥>AN American World Airways have begun t>r the first time to base aircrews In the East to man flights between Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. Mr. Stan Gluck, district traffic and sales manager m Singa- pore said yesterday that 41 fliers had gone
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      100 'PROBLEM BOYS' NOW IN JOBS
      422 12  -  L. P. KOH By \ji ANY of the former orphans and 'pro Diem Doys, wno passed out from St. Joseph's Trade School, incorporated m the Boys' Town m Bukit Timah Road, are now fitters, carpenters, mechanics or printers working with the Government, the City
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      Legal action against towgay men
      108 12 Legal action against towgay men rTMIE Health Department i the Singapore City Cound will take legal procefdEp against towgay growers to da wells m the Rochore and Geylang areas. Dr. N. A. Canton, the Cnj Health Officer, said yesterday that he had received in* s< ructions to apply to the
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      THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS
      45 12 T HEY ARE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS Press pictut. ENLIGHTENED: Th* pan of schoolgirls are crow* the road m the COUttt way. They are required U walk between the two whir lines and go only when the traffic lights are m tW favour.— Free Press
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        39 12 fIIITOKDf I INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS Uiggor B right er- AU Thm Mm* m 3lata»an And OnusfHis iiatiift* M <>uiur<>*. €m\rtmmmnt Mort Si»r, h l> u *zhs-ior t'ntl ttt'titlinff PRICE 30 CENTS FROM AM. NEWSAGENTS ON SALK TODAY J
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      Dior designs flatter the fuller figure
      253 13 Dior designs flatter the fuller figure PARIS: fabulous Christian f DI0 r has again Wfjh lionised fashion, but m lU^o7rb exciting way ma women, especially 2, with the fuller iTe will applaud. 'tulip silhouette for Jrmz and summer actuates the bust line by f dever set of darts Leath the
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      WOMEN AREGETTING MORE BAD-MANNERED
      430 13  - WOMEN ARE GETTING MORE BAD-MANNERED Hal Boyle by used by v as stepping stones to s* rity. But today mar. an g< ttlng tired o] reeling f are being Bt needlessly. Or, perha mpled" de.^ better. One of tin* things heating up the cold war between the sexes is the
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      The old and the new
      64 13 photo. Dorothy Hut ton (left) wears the latest light spectacles, rimless on three sides and with tiny brilliants incorporated m the corner of the glass. Laura Ellison-Davis, m 1910 costume shows that eyewear was not always made to harmonise. Her pince nez. with their tough
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        5 13 '■"TiTiTi i Safe TOMMY H ■■.<•
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        140 13 /^Bf* «sSfc-.* _T^_f m m\ I <*» tt^r I«_a_c*^ 1 C WA COOL vi^^ll^ I FRAGRANCE Surround yourself with the fresh, exhilarating fragrance of Blue Grass Perfume. I Blue Grass Flower Mist to use more lavishly after the bath, on your hair, or shoulders before you go dancing. Blue Grass
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        255 13 jr YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have a strong will, are shrewd m business and are quick lo take advantage •f an opportunity. Perhaps m ywth you have known what it h not to have security and you want it for yourself when you become adult. Consequently, you are
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        414 13 SATIRDAY. MARCH 7 PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Be extra cautious m putting your signature to any agreement. Be sure details are m your favour. ARIES (Mar. 21 -Apr. 20) Give a word of encouragement to someone who may be m the dumps. Turn gray skies into blue skies. TAl'Rl'S (Apr.
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        132 13 you can. Offer your services, too! VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) Budgets can be stretched, but don't attempt the impossible! Be conservative for the time being. LIBRA (Sept. 24- Oct. 23)— A new idea, properly promoted, can bring you increased income if you go about it the right way. SCORPIO (Oct.
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      RACES WATCH FOX & MEDDLE
      819 14  - RACES WATCH FOX MEDDLE TRESPASSER Best bets: Golden Sands Rice Mill llv ON the spot trainers usually do well at Penanf ran mre tines, but I expect Alan llcdfilc .mcl Tom Kox o Singapore to laud a duulile cadi tomorrow, first day o Ihe SpHna .Meeting at Bukit G anions
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      THIS IS WHERE MR. TIN GOES TO TOWN
      184 14 r pHE draw will play a big part, A m this event I like nothing better than Mr. Tin. Thli small, speedy horse Is obviously not a weight carrier, but with I 8.02 he should show the waj home. AGOKO found one
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      Horeses not
      170 14 I>KOK\mi. cfaulunßs l«»r tomorro H Off. Mi>i\ .ladi. sh.int-nl.i Ko>alind I tmli v Royal Hunt. Rakahaaaga, lojOjOM Pti—t, Harrigay. Hj Kinthine, M.ddle Street. ti* lloonu Pao, Mata llari. 1 1 Kinpsijrove, Balmoral Kridge, Wellington, Flame of the Forest. Millenden, Starain. \dmiral and White Star m. for which he
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      Seven furlongs is Elegant Kid's favourite run
      500 14 Seven furlongs is Elegant Kid's favourite run V^t™ lurioncs is m.m.a.M Kills favourites md I won t oppose him m the CM iS event. With 7.12 he won us he liked oV er thi. Ipoh With 4 lb. more a| th^^ t View won over .seven m l 2 at
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        172 14 HAPPY WORLD pW^a^^^wT BOOK IMMEDIATELY STADIUM I -^b AT WINSTON'S 4, THE ARC/HE [j #3§K^*^^\ SINGAPORE PHONE ***** SAT. MAR. 7th I prices: $s- $3/ $2/* AT 9 P M LADIES NIGHT! LADIES NIGHT! 7 «r^ w^ 5 Special Concession, Escorted Ladies &^A WALLY OAKES PROMOTION *A& Admitted Free CV/J&l
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      OBOKEN LEGS
      240 15  -  DESMOND HACKETT ffiey have set soccer fans talking-but... Rv v-oail fans lic.ir nr £i»» r A |lan Brown si (S outhamp■PSL let 5 The KB, that Billy ""Lrton (Tooting and Mitcham) broke win "he Amateur Cup replay and ""'Thos'/w'no thump bar counters to their points that the same
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      RUGBY UNION
      36 15 Rrafby Union results:— H«ptUl9 Cup semi- final: St. Htifi Hospital 6 Thomas Hospital 0. n» iriners no" meet London luptUl In the final on March 18. Oktr Match: East Midlands 8 Marians s— Reu'.er.
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      SIX-DAY VISITORS
      37 15 rt Dutch team of Genu 9chulte and Oerrit Peters won the Paris i-day bicycle race. BeljiAM Achille Brunee! and Rlk v Steenbergen were second. Thud W Oscar Platner, Switzerland, and idwig Hoermann, Germany.- A .P.
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      Goalie saves day far S.R.C.
      329 15 Goalie saves day far S.R.C. S.R.C. 2; I.R.C. 1, SINGAPORE Recreation Club were good value for their victory at Jalan Besar Stadium. Superb goalkeeping by J. de Silva and a stubborn stand by the other defenders plus a fair share of luck helped them win their first SAFA Div. I
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      Mottrams delayed
      157 15 A WET court at the Selangor Club delayed the start of yesterday's tennis exhibition by the Mottrams. Play was held up for half an hour, but later .the 200 strong Kuala Lumpur crowd saw a fine display. Tony Mot tram partnered his wife Joy to beat Ong Cnew
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        268 15 (%HAMBKA TOlil. A DAIIl! UAJI i.i«» ImWßßm\. CAPITOL from Today 11 1 4. felt. J%\ VOmnm *c Mi I ...mm* _____P'*P __'_l \-(^m%JMkWMMV aka MQHTGOMFRY I M| I M\\ M m(> •BLACKEEARD THE PIRATE KKo Picture m Technicolor SUrrini KOlUltl NEWTON I IM>\ DARNELL ft W I M.I AM Bl
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      REME WENT TO PIECES AFTE 45 MINS.
      353 16 REME WENT TO PIECES AFTE 45 MINS. Tenmli recover o for 5-2 win K.F >l M I] K..VF. Tengah 5. IN this surprising game at \\w Kajah Koad yestcrclav. X.X..M.X. looked all set for a good win. They attacked hard from the start and were two goals up before Tenfcah
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      IN MEMORIAM
      23 16 IN LOVING MEMORY of Irene Van Straaten (nee Jagger) died 6th Feb., 1952. In Durban, South Africa. "Gone but not forgotten."
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      Maxim wins on points
      112 16 JOEY MAXIM won a 10-round unanimous decision over Danny Nadico at Miami Stadium on Wednesday night. Maxim weighed 183- V_ lb. and Nardico 176- ft lb. A right hand blow by Nardico dropped Maxim to the floor for the first time m years, toward the end
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      55 16 The schools sport committee has suggested that programmes for the Singapore v. Johore Inter-state game should have photographs and thumbnail sketches of the players. The combined school cVours for the year 1952 will be presented at a tea party to be held at R a tries Girls' School on Friday
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      SOCCER OFF
      47 16 Division I: Flying Boat Wing r. Changi Loduers; RAOC. v. R.N. AS. Division II: Seletar Spartans r. RAF Ttngah; G.H.Q. v. Flying Boat Wing. Inter -Schools: Victoria School v. St. Juseph'e Institution. Combmed Schools trial. U.K. Football result:— Division II: Notis County 2, Everton 2.
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      BOXER HAD 2 NAMES
      79 16 I\\\l Shade. "t hirafo writers eight. is on an indefinite suspension from the Illinois Athletic Commission for using two names m the ring. Shade fought m Chicago on Feb. 9 and thre e day* later, under the name of Jessie Cnderwood, had a bout m Detroit.
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      COMBINED EUROPEANS
      78 16 rpEAM to represent Combined Europeans m tomorrow's charity soccer match against S A.F.A., m aid of the Flood Relief Fund Ls: Howard (RAF 1 Moriarty (REME), Swart zen berg (SCC Dutch Club) Morton, (Rovers) David (SCC). Iknton (SHBr Maunder (RAF), Van der Mey (Dutch Club), Slee (REME) Murray
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      TAN SLUGGED IT OUT AND DEAT A CHAMP
      194 16 rpAN Fook Seng (Queen Street Boys' Club) was the most A inspiring boxer at last night's preliminaries of the Singapore inter-Boys' Club championships at the Happy World Stadium. I Fook slugged it out toe to toe with Abdul Hamid bin Mohamed (Pulau
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      UNKNOWN
      238 16 j£NOCK HARD. versatile horse owned by \Z won the Gold Cup SLS run over three AH* furlongs ingreititfiyj tenham. yesterday Queen Elizabeth" the large crowd wh7*? nine-year-old geldlm, kl \y ridden by £3^ Molony. triumph by nTta over the 5-2 favourite i ween with 33-1 outsider i way Braes,
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      WOMEN CAGERS LAY DOWN THRE CONDITIONS
      226 16 WOMEN CAGERS LAY DOWN THRE CONDITIONS A PHILUPINES women's basketball ttmtn m^tm Singapore for a number of games "^l But they have nformed the Sin. w o re r h I Athletic Association that they will only p ,nes *A^J condition*:. un(^ r i3 If \\A iceept the women will
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      41 16 •pWENTYFOUR schools m the new villages m Perak are to get $250 each to provide their students with sports facilities A meeting of the Welfare Committee of the Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has approved applications for financial assistance.
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        421 16 YOUTH LEAGUE fFHE following schools have entered for the Singapore Amateur Football Association Youth League: Raffles InMitutlon, Anglo-Chinese Bchool. St. Josephs Institution. St Anthony's Boys' School. St. Patrick's School. St. Andrews School, Bartley Secondary School, Victoria School and Serangoon English School. The games will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium
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